Rosalind ChaoFilmography

Just Like Heaven

Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue, Dina Waters, Ben Shenkman, Jon Heder, Ivana Milicevic

Synopsis: A couple who live on different sides of the divide of life and death discover just how many boundaries love can cross in this romantic comic fantasy. Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon) is a hardworking and dedicated medical resident who, after 20 hours on duty, is heading home when she falls asleep at Read More

Life of the Party

Actors: Eion Bailey, Ellen Pompeo, Gabriel Olds, Clifton Collins, Jr., John Ales

Synopsis: A former high-school track star who has taken to staving off reality with the all-too-occasional cocktail must summon the strength to save his marriage and pull back from the abyss when his friends and family stage an intervention that goes horribly awry. Michael Elgin (Eion Bailey) may have been Read More

The O.C.: The Rivals

Synopsis: Is Jimmy (Tate Donovan) ready and able to reopen the Lighthouse restaurant with Sandy (Peter Gallagher) as his partner -- or is there a hidden problem that may end this business enterprise before it begins? Meanwhile, Summer's (Rachel Bilson) new relationship with another "funny" guy, Danny (Bret Harrison Read More

Freaky Friday

Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould, Chad Michael Murray

Synopsis: A high-strung mom and her punky daughter learn what it's like to walk in each other's shoes -- literally -- in Disney's second update of their 1977 teen fantasy comedy. The new-millennium Freaky Friday has disgruntled teen Anna Coleman (Lindsay Lohan) living, sans father, with her uptight Read More

Monk: Mr. Monk Goes Back to School

Synopsis: Season Two of Monk begins as television's favorite obsessive-compulsive detective (Tony Shalhoub) hires on as a substitute teacher at Ashton High School. This enables him to investigate the death of English teacher Beth Landow (Erica Yoder), who fell from the school's clock tower while most of the Read More

The O.C.: The Heights

Synopsis: Gossip buzzes like a swarm of bees on the first day back at Harbor High School. Thanks largely to his vindictive rival Luke (Chris Carmack), new student Ryan (Ben McKenzie) feels like the proverbial square peg in a round hole. Ultimately, Marissa (Mischa Barton) is forced to choose between Ryan Read More

The O.C.: The Rescue

Synopsis: Resuming its first-season run after a six-week hiatus, The O.C. picks up shortly after the disastrous "vacation" in Tijuana. As Marissa (Mischa Barton) recovers from her drug overdose, her mother, Julie (Melinda Clarke), accuses Ryan (Ben McKenzie) of causing Marissa's pain -- oblivious to the Read More

Citizen Baines [TV Series]

Actors: James Cromwell, Embeth Davidtz, Jane Adams, Jacinda Barrett, Paul McCrane

Synopsis: James Cromwell starred on this weekly, hour-long drama series as veteran politician Elliott Baines. After three successful terms as senator, Baines is cast adrift when a fourth-term bid comes a cropper. Knowing no other life but politics, the widowed Baines returns home to Seattle, there to Read More

Enemies of Laughter

Actors: David Paymer, Judge Reinhold, Rosalind Chao, Peter Falk

Synopsis: How does a man convince the woman he loves that attempting to make him the toast of Broadway could be a really bad idea? Paul Halpern (David Paymer) is a cynical, middle-aged comedy writer who primarily works in television. Paul once had dreams of becoming a successful playwright, but after a Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: What You Leave Behind, Part I

ER: Humpty Dumpty

Synopsis: With this episode, recurring character "Dr. Dave" Malucci (Erik Palladino) becomes a regular. Elsewhere, John Cullum returns as Greene's (Anthony Edwards) cantankerous father, who arrives in Chicago from San Diego -- and promptly gets lost. As Kovac (Goran Visnjic) and Weaver (Laura Innes) try to Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: What You Leave Behind, Part II

What Dreams May Come

Actors: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow, Jessica Brooks Grant

Synopsis: Based on a metaphysical 1978 novel by science fiction and horror author Richard Matheson, this romantic fantasy-drama won an Oscar for its expensive and impressive visual vistas depicting an imaginative afterlife. Robin Williams stars as Chris Nielsen, a doctor who has suffered with his artist Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Time's Orphan

The End of Violence

Actors: Frederic Forrest, Udo Kier, Traci Lind, Samuel Fuller, Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne

Synopsis: Wim Wenders directed this allegorical drama about the emotional impact of violence in our culture, set against the backdrop of California's entertainment business. Mike Max (Bill Pullman) is a Hollywood producer who has earned a great deal of money and power in the film industry through his Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Begotten

Synopsis: Carrying Keiko and O'Brien's child in her womb, Kira goes into labor, resulting in a flurry of activity and interest amongst her fellow crew members. The only person unaffected by the excitement is Odo, who has his hands full with his own baby, a Changeling infant who he has purchased from Quark. Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Assignment

Synopsis: O'Brien is in for a shock when his wife Keiko returns from a visit to Bajor. Still speaking in her own voice, Keiko announces that her mind and body have been taken over by a mysterious alien entity. Threatening to murder Keiko from within, the ill-tempered entity demands that O'Brien sabotage Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Looking for par'Mach In All the Wrong Places

Synopsis: Directed by series semi-regular Andrew Robinson, this exotically titled Deep Space Nine episode first aired October 14, 1996. Mary Kay Adams guest stars as Grilka, Quark's Klingon ex-wife. Paying a visit to DS9, Grinka unwittingly causes friction when Worf falls in love with her. Meanwhile Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Accession

Synopsis: Having been given up for lost some 200 years earlier, a Bajoran space vessel suddenly emerges from the wormhole. Its sole passenger is Akorem Laan (Richard Libertini), a legendary Bajoran poet and political activist. Making up for lost time, Akorem claims to be the Emissary of the Prophets, a Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Body Parts

Synopsis: Returning from his home planet, Quark announces that he has contacted the dreaded disease Dorek Syndrome. With only a week to live, Quark must, according to Ferengi custom, square all his debts before shuffling off his mortal coil. Meanwhile, a pregnant Keiko loses her unborn child in an accident Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Hard Time

Synopsis: Convicted of espionage by the Argathia, O'Brien is punished by having memories of 20 years' imprisonment implanted in his brain. As a result, when he returns to DS9 he is convinced that two decades have passed, and he refuses to be persuaded otherwise. The painful false memories of his prison time Read More

To Love, Honor and Deceive

Actors: Vanessa Marcil, James Wilder, Thomas Gibson, Leland Orser, Rosalind Chao

Synopsis: Sydney Carpenter (Vanessa Marcil) has just learned that her husband is a low-down crook. Not long afterward, both Sydney's husband and her son are lost at sea. Though she grieves for her son, there is clearly an air of relief about Sydney whenever she discusses her hubby. Even so, when evidence Read More

Special Report: Journey to Mars

Synopsis: This made-for-TV movie is staged in the form of an ongoing news report, unfolding in "real time." The year is 2014, and the men and women of the Global News Network are covering the final two hours of the first manned space mission to Mars. Suddenly, before an audience of billions, things begin to Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Nailed

Synopsis: Murder, She Wrote's 241st episode largely takes place in a trendy Fifth Avenue beauty salon. A powerful financier has been found murdered in the establishment, and a hairdresser who has been passing along "trade secrets" is among those suspected. It is possible, however, that a burglar may be the Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Whispers

Synopsis: Returning from a briefing on security measures for a peace conference in the Paradas System, O'Brien finds that the crew of DS9 has apparently turned against him. Even his own wife and daughter seem to be part of this mysterious conspiracy. As the Paradan meeting draws near, O'Brien gets desperate Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Armageddon Game

Synopsis: O'Brien and Dr. Bashir set out to rid two warring planets of their stockpiles of harvesters, a deadly bio-chemical weapon. Their peace-keeping mission turns disastrous when a rebel attack strands the pair on the desolate planet T'Lani Three. Before long, Bashir and O'Brien come to the horrible Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Rivals

Synopsis: Chris Sarandon guest stars as Martus, an adroit swindler who poses a threat to DS9's resident rogue Quark. Possessing two qualities that Quark lacks -- looks and charm -- Martus sets up a competing bar. As if the resulting drop in business wasn't bad enough, Quark is further incensed by Martus' Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Tribunal

Synopsis: The focus of this episode is O'Brien, who is arrested by the Cardassians on charges of smuggling and conspiracy. Though he is unaware of the charges levelled against him, O'Brien protests his innocence, to no avail, since the Cardassians have already found him guilty and sentenced him to death. Read More

North

Actors: Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Jon Lovitz, Matthew McCurley, Alan Arkin, Richard Belzer

Synopsis: A boy divorces his parents in this comic fantasy for the family. North (Elijah Wood) is the sort of kid most parents dream of -- he's bright, well-behaved, a good student, and a great baseball player. But North's Mom and Dad (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander) are so busy with their lives Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Fascination

Synopsis: Avery Brooks doubled as director for this episode, which was originally broadcast on December 3, 1994. DS9 hosts the annual Bajoran Gratitude Festival, with Next Generation's Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett) among the guests. During the festivies, an epidemic of Zanthi Fever erupts, imbuing Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The House of Quark

Synopsis: Quark's troubles begin when an inebriated Klingon accidentally dies in his bar. Hoping to improve his business and earn a little respect, Quark claims that he killed the man in combat. Unfortunately, Klingon law demands that Quark marry Grilka (Mary Kay Adams), the dead man's widow, a situation Read More

Love Affair

Actors: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Katharine Hepburn, Garry Shandling, Chloe Webb

Synopsis: The 1939 Irene Dunne-Charles Boyer romance Love Affair, remade with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr in 1957 as An Affair to Remember, became a vehicle for real-life couple Warren Beatty and Annette Bening in this 1994 rendition. The well-worn story remains the same, as a man and a woman, both engaged Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Siege

Synopsis: Sisko has his hands full when the Bajoran insurrectionist group The Circle mounts an invasion of DS9. Meanwhile, Dax and Kira race to Bajor with evidence (gleaned in the previous week's episode) that The Circle is being covertly assisted by the Cardassians. Frank Langella and Louise Fletcher Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Cardassians

Synopsis: Vidal Peterson guest stars as Rugal, an orphaned Cardassian boy who is rescued by DS9. Raised by the Bajorans, Rugal has been conditioned to hate all Cardassians. Even so, his own people demand that he be returned to his biological father (Robert Mandan), sparking a major diplomatic crisis Read More

The Joy Luck Club

Actors: Tsai Chin, Kieu Chinh, Lisa Lu, France Nuyen, Rosalind Chao, Tamlyn Tomita

Synopsis: Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Ronald Bass effectively interweave sixteen mother-daughter tales in their silken film version of Amy Tan's best-selling novel about the clash between generations. The film takes place in present-day San Francisco, concentrating on a group of late-middle-aged Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: A Man Alone

Synopsis: Odo angrily tries to evict an old Bajoran enemy (Stephen James Carver). When the man later turns up dead in the holosuite, Odo is assigned to investigate, only to fall under suspicion when his own testimony incriminates himself. Meanwhile, Keiko tries to set up a school on Deep Space Nine, but Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: If Wishes Were Horses

Synopsis: A tried-and-true Star Trek plot device was trotted out once more in this episode, which was originally broadcast on May 15, 1993. The DS9 personnel are astonished to discover that their dreams and innermost fantasies are coming true. The initial euphoria turns to terror when it is discovered that Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: In The Hands of the Prophets

Synopsis: The first season of Deep Space Nine came to a dramatic close with this episode, originally broadcast on June 19, 1993. Oscar winner Louise Fletcher guest stars as influential Bajoran spiritual leader Vedek Wynn. Appalled that Keiko is conducting her classroom in a secular manner, Wynn Read More

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Actors: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean, Stephen Tobolowsky

Synopsis: Chevy Chase stars, though not always visibly, as Nick Halloway, a low-level businessman with an acerbic approach to life and work, whose humdrum existence utterly bores him. Nick gets an unexpected jolt of excitement when, nursing a hangover, he's the only one not to evacuate an office building Read More

Intruders

Actors: Richard Crenna, Mare Winningham, Daphne Ashbrook, Susan Blakely, Ben Vereen

Synopsis: Hypnotic regression prompts a pair of sisters to recognize that they've been abducted by aliens. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Violations

Synopsis: The trouble begins when the Enterprise plays host to a delegation of Ullians, a race of telepathic aliens. In addition to reading other people's memories, the Ullians also have the capacity to retrieve those memories. Before long, three of the crew members -- Troi, Riker, and Dr. Crusher Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Power Play

Synopsis: Riker, Troi, Data, and O'Brien investigate a curious distress signal from a supposedly deserted moon. Upon arrival, all but Riker are overtaken by a strange energy force. Returning to the Enterprise, Troi and Data suddenly stage a mutiny, leaving Riker and Picard to sort out the bizarre Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Rascals

Synopsis: The phrase "second childhood" takes a bizarre turn in this episode, which first aired November 7, 1992. As a result of a freak transformer mishap, Picard, Ro, Guinan, and Keiko are transformed into 12-year-old children. The youngsters' dilemma may prove beneficial in the long run when the Read More

Denial

Actors: Rae Dawn Chong, Jason Patric, Robin Wright Penn

Synopsis: A married woman (Robin Wright) thinks she has repressed her past affair with an artist (Jason Patric), but an accidental meeting with an old friend (Rae Dawn Chong) brings the memories flooding back. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Disaster

Synopsis: The Enterprise serves as host for the three winners of a grade-school science contest. Unfortunately, a rare natural disaster occurs during their visit, trapping Picard and the children in the starship's lift. Left in command, Deanna Troi holds the lives of the crew members -- including the Read More

Megaville

Actors: Billy Zane, J.C. Quinn, Grace Zabriskie, Kristen Cloke, Daniel J. Travanti

Synopsis: In a futuristic world, the U.S. is ruled by a repressive government that bans most forms of media. As part of the enforcement, a cop (Billy Zane) is sent to the rebel state of Megaville on an undercover mission to infiltrate an unlawful media organization. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1,000 Pieces of Gold

Actors: Rosalind Chao, Chris Cooper, Michael Paul Chan, Dennis Dun, Jimmie F. Skaggs

Synopsis: Produced on a shoestring $2 million budget, documentary director Nancy Kelly and her husband, editor Kenji Yamamoto created this romantic western based on a true story. Rosalind Chao stars as Lalu Nathoy, a young woman sold into marriage by her impoverished father in late 19th century China. Lalu Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Night Terrors

Synopsis: Dispatched to rescue the endangered science vessel U.S.S. Britain, the crew discovers that all but one of the crew members have perished. The survivor, Andrus Hagan (John Vickery), is in a catatonic state, experiencing an acute case of dream deprivation. Before long, the Enterprise Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation: In Theory

Synopsis: Patrick Stewart doubled as star and director of this fourth-season Next Generation episode. The focus of the story, however, is not on Stewart's character Captain Picard, but on humanistic android Data. Hoping to experience the sensation of Love, Data dispassionately tries to develop a Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Data's Day

Actors: Robert Wiemer, Ronald D. Moore

Synopsis: In the tradition of the "letters from camp" episodes of M*A*S*H, this Next Generation installment is based upon Data's personal records of a typical day in his life on the Enterprise. In the course of events, Data is faced with two daunting tasks. First, he must give away the bride (Rosalind Chao Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Wounded

Synopsis: Bob Gunton guest stars as Benjamin Maxwell, a renegade Federation starship captain. Acting on his own initiative, Maxwell makes a series of unprovoked attacks on Cardassian ships. To forestall a resumption of hositilities between the Cardassians and the Federation, Captain Picard may be forced to Read More

Last Flight Out

Synopsis: This tension-filled made-for-television drama is set a few hours before the Viet Cong took over Saigon in 1975 and chronicles the struggle of Americans and Vietnamese to be on board the last commercial flight out of the city. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

White Ghost

Actors: William Katt, Rosalind Chao, Martin Hewitt, Wayne Crawford

Synopsis: William Katt plays Steve Shephard, a Vietnam Green Beret who has continued to fight on alone for 15years after the withdrawal of American forces. He's a renegade, seeking to avenge his fallen comrades and wearing spooky, white Kabuki-style makeup (hence the title) as he wages his one man war in a Read More

Shooter

Synopsis: In this drama set during the Vietnam War, a group of men working as wire-service photographers begin seeing their world in a whole new light. The film was originally made as a pilot for a television series that never aired. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Slam Dance

Actors: Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen, Millie Perkins, Adam Ant

Synopsis: In this off-beat and stylish mystery by director Wayne Wang, C.C. Drood (Tom Hulce) is an underground cartoonist who is separated from his wife Helen (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and daughter Bean (Judith Barsi). When his lover Yolanda (Virginia Madsen) is found murdered, Drood is the main focus Read More

The A-Team: Point of No Return

Synopsis: Defying the orders of General Stockwell (Robert Vaughn), the A-Team heads to Hong Kong when Hannibal vanishes during a secret mission involving stolen plutonium. The plot thickens when Stockwell is captured, requiring the Team members to stage two different rescues--and to come full circle by Read More

Jack & Mike

The Terry Fox Story

Actors: Robert Duvall, Eric Fryer, Michael Zelniker, Chris Makepeace, Rosalind Chao

Synopsis: This moving docudrama on a man whose courage raised $20,000,000 for a worthy cause is also an honest look at the nature of determination. When Canadian Terry Fox was diagnosed with cancer in 1977, his right leg was amputated and rather than simply battle depression, Fox decided to run his own Read More

M*A*S*H: As Time Goes By

Synopsis: At the suggestion of Charles (David Ogden Stiers), Margaret (Loretta Swit) prepares to bury a time capsule at the 4077th. Hawkeye volunteers to help collect souvenirs for the capsule, but Margaret turns him down, worried that he will turn the whole ceremony into joke. Before Hawk inevitably proves Read More

Moonlight

Synopsis: Robert Desiderio stars in this TV movie as a Chinese food delivery man (the food is Chinese, not Desiderio). While on the job, he witnesses a murder. Since the killer was an international terrorist, Desiderio is pressed into duty by the US government. He is forced to moonlight as a spy, taking on Read More

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

Synopsis: The seven stranded castaways find comical chaos when an insane scientist, his trusty sidekick and the title basketball tricksters, playing robots visit their tropic island nest in this third in a series of made-for-television films based on the enduring early '60s sitcom. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Read More

An Eye for an Eye

Actors: Chuck Norris, Christopher Lee, Richard Roundtree, Matt Clark, Mako

Synopsis: The frequently used title An Eye for an Eye was applied to a Chuck Norris martial-arts festival in 1981. Norris plays Sean Kane, a San Francisco cop whose partner is murdered by an Oriental drug ring. Told to keep his distance by his superiors, Kane quits the force and sets out to exact vengeance. Read More

Twirl

Synopsis: When the national finals approach, a couple baton twirlers feel intense parental pressure to win the competition in this satirical made-for-television movie. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Battle Creek Brawl

Actors: Jackie Chan, José Ferrer, Kristine de Bell, Mako, Ron Max, Rosalind Chao

Synopsis: After the death of Bruce Lee in 1973, writer/director Robert Clouse made several attempts to reproduce the success of his Enter the Dragon, which belatedly made Lee a household name in America. Clouse felt (with good reason) that Jackie Chan could be the next big martial arts star in America, and Read More

Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV adventure, six men end up marooned on a remote South Sea island and find themselves having to deal with a tribe of murderously man-hating bikini-clad babes. The film is also titled Island-Sister Theresa. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Ultimate Impostor

Synopsis: In this sci-fi/espionage adventure, Joseph Hacker is the spy with something extra--a computer link to his brain that allows him to gain unlimited wisdom and use any skill for 72 hours before it fades away. He has just that amount of time to save a submarine full of Russian defectors. ~ Sandra Read More

The Chinese Web

Synopsis: The Chinese Web, is one of 15 episodes from the '70's American TV series The Amazing Spider Man. This series chronicled the exploits of superhero Spiderman, who, like Superman led an everyday existence under the guise of Peter Parker (Nicholas Hammond) but could transform himself into a spider Read More

Kojak: The Summer of '69, Part 2

Synopsis: Kojak moved from its traditonal Sunday-night timeslot to a new Saturday evening berth for this concluding episode of a two-part story. Though suspended from the force, Kojak is determined to track down a serial murderer known as The Clothesline Killer. It's a personal crusade for the troubled Read More

Kojak: The Summer of '69, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Kojak recalls the events leading up to his shooting of a notorious serial murderer in 1969. Though convinced at the time that he had disposed of the "Clothesline Killer", Kojak has reason to wonder if he got the right man: someone is currently embarked Read More

The Hardy Boys: The Secret Jade of Kuan Yin

Synopsis: This videocassette consists of "The Secret Jade of Kuan Yin," an episode from the weekly Hardy Boys TV series (1977-78). While snorkeling, teenaged detectives Joe and Frank Hardy (Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson) come across a jade statuette. Before long, the boys discover that the artifact was Read More

P.J. and the President's Son

Actors: Lance Kerwin, Milton Selzer, Robert Miller Driscoll, Patti Cohoon

Synopsis: Lance Kerwin plays a dual role in this enjoyable ABC Afterschool Special updating of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. Humble delivery boy P.J. (Kerwin) discovers that he is the exact double of Preston (Kerwin again), son of the president of the United States. Each boy is envious of the Read More